The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use Best Candy, a product promoted as an energy booster on various websites and possibly in some retail stores. This product was identified during an examination of imported goods.

In cooperation with the Reimbursement Committee, we have decided to grant alendronate-containing medicines general conditional reimbursement from 5 March 2012. Reimbursement is conditional as it is reserved for patients with low-energy hip fractures. For any other patients who are treated with alendronate, the doctor must apply for single reimbursement, and the guiding criteria for single reimbursement remain unchanged for these patients. Alendronate is used for the treatment of osteoporosis (brittle bon...